Alpha-phenyl-omega-amino-alkanamides



United States Patent 3,022,314 ALPHA-PHENYL-OMEGA-AMINO- ALKANAMIDES Brooke D. Aspergren and Robert Bruce Moifett, Kalamazoo, and Merrill E. Speeter, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, Mich., assignors to The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Miclu, a corporation of Michigan No Drawing. Filed June 20, 1955, Ser. No. 516,764

12 Claims. (Cl. 260-3263) This invention relates to new compounds and is particularly directed to new N-mono-substituted a-(tertiaryaminoalkyl) -et-phenylacetarnides.

The novel compounds according to the invention can, for the most part, be represented by the following basic general formula:

R. c in-Y wherein C H is an alkylene group containing not more than 6 carbon atoms, Y is a tertiaryamino radical, R is a lower hydrocarbon radical, and R is hydrogen or a lower hydrocarbon radical, and can exist in the form of the free base or a coordination complex or addition compound thereof such as acid addition salts, quaternary ammonium compounds, amine oxides, and amine oxide-acid addition salts. The term lower is used to designate uotmore than 8 carbon atoms. The hydrocarbon radicals can be substituted by indifferent substituents such as chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitro, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, \lower tertiaryarnino, and the like.

A large number of a-(tertiaryaminoalkyl)-oc-phenylacetamides are known in the art to have pharmaceutical and pharmacological activity. Bockmiihl 'et al., German Patent 731,561; Bockmiihl et al., Ann. 561, 52 (1948); Cheney et al., J. Org. Chem. 17, 771 (1952); Wheatley et al., J. Org. Chem. 19, 794 (1954); Speeter US. Patent 2,647,926 and German patent application Bl2,358 l2q 6/02 opened for inspection December 17, 1952. These unsubstituted amides, i.e., primary amides, are particularly noteworthy for their anticholinergic properties. 4- dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide, for example, has unusually good anti-spasmodic and antisecretory activity. 2,2-dimethyl-a,adiphenyl-1-pyrrolidinebutyramide is also outstandingly active as an antisecretory agent. These N- unsubstituted amides also have oxytocic and diuretic activity although these properties do not seem to have been noted heretofore.

It has now been found in accordance with this invention that if one of the N-hydrogen atoms of these prior art amidesis substituted by a lower hydrocarbyl group,

new compounds having entirely difierent and unexpected combination of properties are obtained. These new compounds according to the invention are characterized by good oxytocic and diuretic activity, coupled with the lack of significant anticholinergic activity, and are therefore indicated for use as a uterine stimulant (oxytocic) or as a diuretic where side-effects dueto anticholinergic activity are undesired. Moreover, compounds according to the invention in which the N-substituent is an unsubstituted lower aliphatic hydrocarbyl radical have superior oxytocic and diuretic properties, and more particularly so in the 4-tertiaryamiuo-2,Z-diphenylvaleramide series,

The novel compounds of the invention can'be prepared by the following processes:

3,022,314 Patented Feb. 20, 1962 Steps I and II of the above sequence can be carried out in ways shown in the Bockmiihl, Cheney, Wheatley, and Speeter references cited above. Additional nitriles that can be used as the starting compounds in Step II are shown in Clarke et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 71, 2821-5 (1949). Step III advantageously is carried out in an inert diluent or solvent such as benzene, toluene, xylene, aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents, halogenated hydrocarbon solvents, di-lower-alkyl ethers and the like. The temperature may range up to about degrees centigrade. Ordinarily the reflux temperature can be used. In place of the sodium amide, lithium amide, sodium hydride, so-

dium ethoxide, and like alkali metal alkoxides, or metallic sodium can be used. The bromide or iodide can be used .in place of chlorides.

Steps Ila-and IV can be carried out as shown in the Bockmiihl and Clarke citations, supra. Step V is advantageously carried out in an inert diluent or solvent such as those listed above. The amine is added slowly to the reaction mixture with cooling, as on an ice bath,- if necessary followed by gentle heating as on a steam bath. Thionyl chloride can be used in place of the phosphorus chlorides where the C H group is not ethylene or -oHoH.-Y

, (1H, Thestarting compounds for steps II and 11a can also be prepared as follows:

R1 CHEW-o1 R Odin-Y Steps VI and VII can be carried out by the procedures given in the references cited above, particularly in the Cheney, Wheatley, and Clarke references. By suitable selection of alkylene dihalides, halohydrins, and secondary amines, it is possible easily to obtain any of the start- 5 ing compounds required to prepare the compounds of the invention.

As shown by the prior art cited above and the examples hereinafter given, R can be hydrogen or a lower hydrocarbyl radical as defined above, including such radil0 cals as lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower cycloaliphatic, lower aralkyl, lower aryl, and the like. R also can be a hydrocarbyl radical as thus exemplified. The alkylene group, C H can be a straight chain (polymethylene) alkylene or a branched chain alkylene group containing 15 "including isomeric forms thereof. Examples of lower aryl 30 groups are phenyl, tolyl, xylyl, chloropheny-l, dichlorophenyl, chlorotolyl, and the like, including isomeric forms thereof. Examples of tertiary amino radicals are diloWer-alkylarnino radicals in which the alkyl radicals can be the same or difierent and can be methyl, ethyl, propyl, 3 butyl, hexyl, octyl, and the like, including the isomeric forms thereof, and di-lower-alkylamino radicals in which the alkyl groups are linked together in a saturated heterocyclic group such as pyrrolidino, morpholino, and piperidino radicals and the homologues thereof such as Z-methylmorpholino, 2,2-diinethylpyrrolidino, 4-rnethylpiperidino, and the like.

As noted above the compounds of the invention are characteristically differentiated from the corresponding N-unsubstituted amides by lack of significant anticholinergic activity, while retaining or even surpassing the oxyto-cic and diuretic activity of the unsubstituted amides. The compounds of the invention therefore are particularly useful for uterine stimulation and for diuresis in situations where anticholinergic side-effects are undesirable. For such purposes the free bases of the invention are most advantageously administered in the form of their acid addition salts with pharmacologically acceptable acids such as hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, phosphoric, lactic, citric, tartaric, benzoic, salicylic, succinic 0 and acetic acids.

The data given in the following table is illustrative of the differentiating efiects noted above. The antispasmodic index was determined by intravenous administration to Thiry-Vella dogs and equated to atropine equals 1.0 (low 5 Values mean low activity). The antisecretory activity was determined intravenously in rats and is given'as the B13 in mg./kg.-the etfective dose necessary to reduce gastric secretion by fifty percent (low values mean high activity). Oxytocic (uterine) activity was determined intravenously in cats at doses ranging from 0.25 to two mg./kg. and rated in the following order of stimulation: good, l ronounced, Fair, Slight, Nil, and Minus (relaxation). The diuretic'activity was determined orally in rats 5 at doses of 5, l0, and 20 ing/kg. and rated in the following order: Excellent, Good, Fair, Mild, Slight, and Nil.

Pharmacological activity of compounds having the following basic general formula Uterine activity Diuretic activity Anti- Anti- Oompound spasmodic secretory index activity Rating Dose, Rating Dose,

mgJkg. mgJkg.

Prior art type:

R H 1.0 0.5 F 0.5 M 10 0.1 I 1.0 G 0.25 E 5 I t liwH 3 2 yzdimethylamino 01 1. 0 G 0. 25 E 0 H01 CH OH 2 2 Y=dimethylamin0 0 P G 20 E01 O.1 1.0 G 0 5 F 10 a ses]; OH

2 2 Y=dimethylamlno s1 LO E 20 HCl Example 18:

o.1 1.o. s1 2.0 E 2o Amine oxide.

GROUP II.YC,1Hg,,=Y-(H Uterine activity Diuretic activity Anti- Anti- Compound. spasmodic secretory index activity Rating Dose, Rating Dose,

' rug/kg. mg./kg.

Examples 7 and 13:

0.1 1.0 P 1.0 E 20 0.1 1.0 Sl 1.0 N 20 P- t t nor ar e: R YD Y=2,2-dimethylpyrrolidluo 0.1 0.5 G 1.0 'II, Sulfate ExampleQ R=CH3 Y=pyrrolidino 0.1 1.0 P 2.0 N 20 'n.==3 Methobromide Prior art type:

N-suhstituent is an unsubstituted aliphatic lower hydrocarbyl radical, especially in the compounds of group I.

The invention may now be more fully understood by referring to the following examples which are illustrative of the novel compounds of the invention and their preparation, but are not to be construed as limiting.

. EXAMPLE 1' Preparation of 4-dintethylamin0-N-is0pr0pyl-2,2- diphenylvaleramide and salts thereof .A. ACID SULFATE OF 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-

DIPHENYLVALERIC ACID A solution of 600 milliliters of'concentrated sulfuric acid and 350 milliliters of water was cooled in an ice bath and then gradually added, with stirring, to a threeliter flask containing 500 grams (1.8 moles) of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleronitrile (Cheney et al., supra). The reaction mixture was stirred and heated at 150 degrees centigrade for five hours, allowedto stand overnight, and filtered through a sintered-glass funnel. The resulting crude, solid product was washed with cold absolute ethyl alcohol and recrystallized from three liters of methyl alcohol. There was thus obtained 627 grams (88 percent yield) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-

diphenylvaleric acid, melting point 220-222 degrees centigrade.

B. ACID SULFATE OF 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-

DIPHENYLVALERYL CHLORIDE Thionyl chloride (525 milliliters) was rapidly added with stirring to 350 .grams (0.885 mole) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleric acid (Part A, this example). The reaction mixture was stirred for 1.5 hours at room temperature and then for one hour on a steam bath. Excess thionyl chloride was removed by distillation under reduced pressure at fifty degrees centigrade until the mixture solidified. Then 500 milliliters of benzene was added, and about one-half of it was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The resulting slurry was filtered; the recovered solid was washed successively with benzene and ether, and dried in a vacuum desiccator over calcium chloride. There was thus obtained in crystalline condition 355 grams (97 percent :yield) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride. 1 I

C. 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-ISOPROPYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE FREE BASE To a mixture of 400 milliliters of benzene and 207 grams (0.5 mole) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino- 2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Part B, this example), cooled with an ice bath, there was gradually added 177.6 grams (threemoles) of isopropylamine. The mixture was heated for one hour on a steam bath, and filtered to remove solid material. The filtrate was dried withanhydrous sodium sulfate and benzene was removed by distillation. The residual oil soon solidified and this solid was recrystallized from 200 milliliters of cyclohexane. The recrystallized material was shaken with a solution of 100 milliliters of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 500 milliliters of water. The mixture was filtered to remove insoluble material; the latter was washed with water. The combined acid solution and water washings were made alkaline, whereupon a rather oily solid formed. The solid was extracted into benzene, and the benzene solution was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The solid residue was recrystallized from 200 milliliters of cyclohexane to provide 80.3 grams (47.5 percent yield) of 4-dimethylamino-N-isopropyl- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide, having a melting point of 117 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.-Calcd. for C22H30N20: C, H, N, 8.28. Found: C, 78.16; H, 8.89; N, 8.29.

D. 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-ISOPROPYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE To a solution of 4-dimethylamino-N-isopropyl-2,2-

diphenylvaleramide (Part C, this example). in methyl ethyl ketone was added a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl E. -DIMETHYLAMINO-N-ISOPROPYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE METHOBROMIDE An excess of cold methyl bromide was added to a flask containing a cold solution of 46 grams of 4-dimethylamino-N-isopropyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part C, this example) in 100 milliliters of benzene. The flask was tightly closed and allowed to stand at room temperature for six days. Ether was added to the solution to crystallize 4-dimethylamino-N-isopropyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide methodbromide which, after recrystallization from an ether-ethyl acetate mixture, had a melting point of 155-158 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.--Calcd. for C H B N O: C, 63.73; H, 7.67; Br, 18.44; N, 6.46. Found: C, 64.09; H, 7.71; Br, 18.27; N, 6.36.

EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of N-cyclohexyl-4-dimethylamino,2,2- diphenylvaleramide and salts thereof A. N-CYCLOHEXYL--DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE FREE BASE A total of 45.5 grams (0.11 mole) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Example 1, Part B) was added in small portions to a solution of 54.5 grams (0.55 mole) of cyclohexylamine in 150 milliliters of dry benzene. During this addition and for five hours thereafter the reaction mixture was cooled with an ice bath and stirred. The mixture was brought to room temperature and filtered, and the filtrate was extracted with several portions of dilute hydrochloric acid. The combined aqueous acid extracts were made alkaline and the mixture was extracted with benzene. The benzene solution was dried and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residual solid was recrystallized from fifty percent aqueous isopropyl alcohol, N-cyclohexyl-4-dimethylamino- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide, melting point 80-90 degrees centigrade, being thus obtained. A sample of this product, after being dried under reduced pressure at 78 degrees centigrade, had a melting point of 94-97 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for C H N O: C, 79.32; H, 9.05; N, 7.40. Found: C, 79.66; H, 8.91; N, 7.48.

B. N-CYCLOHEXYL-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2.2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE A solution of one gram of hydrogen chloride in 3.8 milliliters of ethyl alcohol was added to an ethyl acetate solution of four grams (0.011 mole) of N-cyclohexyl-4- dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example). Addition of ether precipitated N-cyclohexyl-4- dimethylamino-Z,Z-diphenylvaleramide hydrochloride as a gummy solid. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate yielded the hydrochloride as a crystalline product having a melting point of 189-191 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for C H ClN O: C, 72.35; H, 8.50; CI, 8.54; N, 6.75. Found: C, 72.07; H, 8.64; Cl, 8.40; N, 6.22.

C. N-CYCLOHEXYL-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE METHOBROMIDE By substituting N-cyclohexyl-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) as the starting tertiary amine in the procedure of Example 1, Part B,

there was obtained N-cyclohexyl-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide methobromide. This product melted EXAMPLE 3 Preparation of 4-dimethylamin0-N-methyl-2,2- diphenylvaleramide anti salts thereof A. -lJIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYI -2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE FREE BASE To a benzene slurry of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Example 1, Part B) cooled in an ice bath was slowly added, with stirring, sufficient of a benzene solution of methylamine to provide an excess of the latter. The reaction mixture was heated under reflux for one hour, after which water and dilute hydrochloric acid were added. The aqueous phase was separated, washed with benzene, and made alkaline with caustic soda. 4-dimethylamino N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide separated as a solid. After recrystallization from isopropyl alcohol, the product had a melting point of 168-169 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for C H N O: C, 77.38; H, 8.44; N, 9.03. Found: C, 77.71; H, 8.46; N, 9.22.

B. -DIMETHYLAMINO-NMETHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide hydrochloride, prepared by adding a slight excess of a solu- C. 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2.2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE METHOBROMIDE The procedure of Example 1, Part E, was employed to react forty grams of methyl bromide with ten grams of 4- dimethylamino-N-methyl-Z,Z-diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) dissolved in milliliters of benzene. The

product, 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide, had a melting point of 190-192 degrees centigrade and the following analysis. I

Anal.-Calcd. for C H BIN O: C, 62.22;}1, 7.21; Br,

19.71; N, 6.91. Found: C, 62.16; H, 7.03; B'r, 19.65; N,

EXAMPLE 4 Preparation of 4-dz'meflzylamino-N-ethyl-Zldiphenylvaleramide and 'salts thereof A. 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-ETHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER-, AMIDE FREE BASE A solutionof 45 grams (one mole) of ethylamine in 200 milliliters of benzene was gradually added, with stir- .ring, to a slurry of 82.8 grams (0.2 mole) of the acid crystallized from isopropyl alcohol. There was thus ob-' tained an 84 percent yield of 4-dimethylamino-N-ethyl- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide having a melting point. of 133- 135 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Analysis.--Ca1cd. for C21H28N2OI C, 77.73; H, 8.70; N, 8.64. Found: C, 78.01; H, 8.40; N, 8.42.

B. 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-ETHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE A slight excess of an ethyl alcohol solution of hydrogen chloride was added to a solution of 16.2 grams (0.05 mole) of 4-dimethylamino-N-ethyl 2,2 diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) in ethyl acetate. There was thus obtained an 86 percent yield of 4-dimethy1- amino-N-ethyl 2,2 diphenylvaleramide hydrochloride having a melting point of 197-199 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Analysis.-Calcd. for C I-I ClN O: C, 69.88; H, 8.10; Cl, 9.82; N, 7.76. Found: C, 69.69; H, 7.83; Cl, 9.66; N, 7.63.

C. -DIMETHYLAMINO-N-ETHYL-2,Z-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE METHOBROMIDE Starting with fifty grams of methyl bromide and a solution of 16.2 grams (0.05 mole) of 4-dimethylamino- N-ethyl-Z,Z-diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) in 100 milliliters of benzene, and following the procedure set forth in Example 1, Part E, a 98 percent yield of 4-dimethylamino-N-ethyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide methobromide was obtained. This compound, after recrystallization from isopropyl alcohol, had a melting point of 176-178 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Analysis.Calcd. for C H BrN O: C, 63.00; H, 7.45; Br, 19.06; N, 6.68. Found: C, 62.86;.1-1, 7.16; Br, 18.83; N, 6.78. r EXAMPLE 5 valeramia'e and salts thereof A. N-ALLYL-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE FREE BASE Allylamine (57.1 grams, one mole) was slowly added to a stirred slurry of 82.8 grams (0.2 mole) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,Z-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Example 1, Part B) in 100 milliliters of benzene, and the reaction mixture was heated under reflux for one hour. The work-up procedure was essentially the same as described in Example 4, Part A. There was thus obtained crude N allyl-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide, which on recrystallization from isopropyl alcohol gave 56.8 grams (84.4 percent yield) of pure product having a melting point of 99-101 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Analysis.-Calcd. for C H N O: C, 78.53; H, 8.39; N, 8.33. Found: C, 78.78; H, 8.32; N, 8.59.

B. N-ALLYL-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE To a solution of 16.8 grams (0.05 mole) of N-allyl- 4-dimethylamino 2,2 diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) in 100 millilitersof ethyl acetate was added the theoretical amount of a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl alcohol. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand in a refrigerator, whereupon the desired product,

N allyl-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide hydrochloride, crystallized. After recovery by filtration, washing with benzene, and drying this product weighed 13.5 grams (72 percent yield) and had a melting point of 167-170 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Analysis.-Calcd., for C H ClN O: C, 70.85; H, 7.84; Cl, 9.51; N, 7.51. Found: C, 70.55; H, 7.59; Cl, 9.53; N, 7.25.

C. N-ALLYL-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE METHOBROMIDE Starting with fifty grams of methyl bromide and 16.8 grams (0.05 mole) of N-allyl-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) and following the same procedure disclosed in Example 1, Part E, N- allyl-4-dirnethylamino 2,2 diphenylvaleramide methobromide was obtained. Recrystallization from isopropyl alcohol gave a 98 percent yield of'purified product having amelting point of 167-169 degrees centigi'ade and the following analysis.

10 Analysis.-Calcd. for C H BrN O: C, 64.03; H, 724; Br, 18.53; N, 6.50. Found: C, 63.94; H, 7.18; Br, 18.76; N, 6.29.

1 EXAMPLE 6 Preparation 0 N-n-batyl-4-dimethylamin0-2,2-diphenylvaleramide and methobromide thereof Seventy grams of N-n-butyl 4 dimethylamino-2,2-di phenylvaleramide (free base) was obtained as a thick oil by following the procedure of Example 5, Part A, except for the substitution of one mole of n-butylamine for allylamine.

Fifty grams of methyl bromide was added to a solution of 17.5 grams (0.5 mole) of N-n-butyl-4-dimethy1- amino-2,Z-diphenylvaleram-ide in milliliters of ben- I Preparation of 4-diethylamino-N-methyl-2,2-diphenylbutyramide and salts thereof A. 4-DIETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLBUTYR- AMIDE FREE BASE 4-diethylamino-2,2-diphenylbutyramide (Cheney et al., supra) (63.5 grams, 0.205 mole) was added with stirring to a slurry of eight grams (0.205 mole) of sodium amide and 500 milliliters of dry toluene. After the mixture had been heated under reflux for 2.5 hours, a solution of 19.5 grams (0.205 mole) of methyl bromide in 100 milliliters of toluene was gradually added, and stirring was continued for one hour without the application of heat. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and

the organic layer after being separated was extracted with 200 milliliters of five percent hydrochloric acid. This extract was made alkaline with 100 milliliters of twenty percent aqueous sodiumhydroxide solution and then extracted with benzene. The benzene extract was dried With anhydrous sodium sulfate and the benzene was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. There was thus obtained 4-diethylamino N methyl-2,2-diphen'ylbutyramide as a clear yellow oil.

B. t-DIETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL 2,Z-DIPHENYLBUTYR- AMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE Upon adding a slight excess of a solutionof hydrogen chloride in ethyl alcohol to a solution of 4-diethylamino- N-methyl-2,2 diphenylbutyramide (Part A, this example) in methyl ethyl ketone, 4-diethy1amino-N-methyl-2,2- diphenylbutyramide hydrochloride precipitated as a white solid having a melting point of -185 degrees centigrade. This salt was purified by successive recrystallizations from isopropyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone-ethyl alcohol mixture, isopropyl alcohol, and ethyl alcohol, after which the melting point was -187 degrees centigrade. Analysis:

AllaL-CfllCd. fOI CmHzgClNgOi C, H, 8.10; CI, 9.82; N, 7.76. Found: C, 69.72; H. 7.81; Cl, 9.81; N, 7.61.

c. 4=-DIETHYLAMINO-NMETHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLBUTYR- AMIDE METHOBROMIDE Five grams (0.0124 mole) of 4-diethylamino-N-methyl- 2,2-diphenylbutyramide hydrochloride (Part B, this example) was shaken with 25 milliliters of twenty percent aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and fifty milliliters of benzene. The benzene phase was separated, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, decanted, and mixed with thirty grams of methyl bromide.- A powdery solid had EXAMPLE 8 Preparation of N,2,2-trimethyl-a,a-diphenyl-1- pyrrolidinebutyramide and salts thereof A. N,2,2-TRIMETHYL-a,a-DIPHENYL-l-PYRROLIDINE- BUTYRAMIDE AND HYDROCHLORIDE THEREOF To a slurry of 6.5 grams (0.166 mole) of sodium amide and 600 milliliters of toluene was added 53.5 grams (0.159 mole) of 2,2-dimethyl-a,a-dipthenyl-l-pyrrolidinebutyramide. The mixture was heated at reflux temperature for three hours, cooled with an ice bath, and a solution of 15.1 grams (0.159 mole) of methyl bromide in 200 milliliters of toluene was gradually addedwith stirring. The mixture was allowed to come to room temperature, washed with water, and extracted with dilute hydrochloric acid. The aqueous acid solution, after being washed with ether, was made alkaline with sodium hydroxide and extracted with benzene. The benzene extract was dried with anyhdrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to yield a yellow oil, crude N,2,2-trimethyl-u,ot-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinebutyramide. The crude product was dissolved in pentane and the solution was seeded with a small quantity of the starting N-unsubstituted amide. After unchanged starting amide has precepitated, the pentane solution was decanted and evaporated to give an oil,

purified N,2,2-trimethyl-cam-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinebutyra- B. N',2,2 TRIMETHYL-a,a-DIPHENYL-1-PYRROLIDINE- 'BUTYRAMIDE METHOBROMIDE A solution often grams of N,2,2-trimethyl-a,a-diphenyll-pyrrolidinebutyramide hydrochloride (Part A, this example) in fifty milliliters of water was made alkaline with sodium hydroxide; themixture was extracted with benzene. The benzene extract was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residual oil was dissolved in 100 milliliters of methyl ethyl ketone, the solution was cooled, and forty grams of cold methyl bromide was added. The solution was kept in a stoppered flask for three days at room temperature, after which ether was added. There was thus obtained solid N,2,2-trimethylot-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinebutyramide methobromide, which after recrystallization from methyl ethyl ketone weighed 7.4 grams (64 percent yield) and had a melting point of 122-125 degrees centigrade.

C. N,2,2-TRIMETHYL-ct,a-DIPHENYL-l-PYRROLIDINE'- BUTYRAMIDE METHIODIDE By substituting methyl iodide for methyl bromide in the procedure of Part B, this example, there was obtained N,2,2 trimethyl t, diphenyl 1 pyrrolidinebutyramide methiodide, melting point 122-125 degrees centigrade. 7

12 EXAMPLE 9 Preparation of N-methyl-a,a-diphenyl-I-pyrrolidinevaleramide and salts thereof A. ACID SULFATE on a,a-DIPHENYL-1-PYRROLIDINE- VALERIC ACID A mixture of milliliters of aqueous sulfuric acid (seventy percent sulfuric acid by weight) and fifty grains (0.146 mole) of a,a-diphenyl-1-pyrrolidinevaleronitrile hydrochloride Was stirred while being maintained at 150 degrees centigrade for five hours. The reaction mixture was poured onto cracked ice, whereupon a solid precipitated. By recrystallizing the solid from methyl alcoholether and then from ethyl alcohol-ether, there was obtained an 82 percent yield of the acid sulfate of ot,u.- diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinevaleric acid having a melting point of 180-185 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.--Calcd. for C H NO S: C, 59.83; H, 6.45; N, 3.33; S, 7.61. Found: C, 60.16; H, 6.71; N, 3.50; S, 7.52.

B. N-METHYL-a,a-DIPHENYL-l-PYRROLIDINEVALER- AMIDE FREE BASE Sixty milliliters (0.82 mole) of thionyl chloride was added to a slurry of forty grams (0.095 mole) of the acid sulfate of a,a-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinevaleric acid (Part A, this example) and milliliters of benzene. The reaction'mixtu're was stirred for two hours at room temperature and one-half hour at fifty degrees centigrade. Benzene and excess thionyl chloride were removed by distillation under reduced pressure at 35 degrees centigrade. The residual acid sulfate of once-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinevaleryl chloride was. dissolved in 100 milliliters of benzene, and the solution was cooled in an ice bath while a solution of fourteen grams (0.45 mole) of methylamine in 100 milliliters of benzene was slowly added. The reaction mixture Was stirred for one hour and allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The benzene solution was decanted from a sticky solid and extracted with. 200 milliliters of ten percent hydrochloric acid. The acid extract was made alkaline with 200 milliliters of twenty percent sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with benzene. The benzene extra was washed with water, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the benzene was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residual gum solidified and was recrystallized twice from cyclohexane. There was thus obtained twenty grams (63 percent yield) of N-methyl-a,a-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinevaleramide having a melting point of 122-124 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for C H N O: C, 78.53; H, 8.39; N, 8.33. Found: C, 78.62; H, 8.25; N, 8.51.

C. N-METHYL-a,a-DIPHENYL-l-PYRROLIDINEVALER- AMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE A slight excess of a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl alcohol was added to a solution of ten grams (0.03

mole) of N-methyl-a,a-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinevaleramide (Part B, this example) in milliliters of methyl ethyl ketone. A 77 percent yield of N-methyl-a,a-diphenyl-1- pyrrolidinevaleramide hydrochloride was obtained; melting point 147-149 degrees centigrade. Analysis:

AnaL-Calcd. for CZZHQQCINZO: C, 70.85; H, 7.84; Cl, 9.51; N, 7.51. Found: C, 71.02; H, 7.72; Cl, 9.50; N, 7.97.

D. N-METHYL-a,a-DIPHENYL-l-PYRROLIDINEVALER- AMIDE METHOBROMIDE A reaction mixture consisting of 150 milliliters of methyl ethyl ketone, 7.5 grams (0.022 mole) of N-methyla,a-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinevaleramide (Part B, this ex ample), and forty grams of methyl bromide was allowed to stand in a stoppered flask for 96 hours. There was obtained a 98 percent yield of N-methyl-a,a-diphenyl-1- pyrrolidinevaleramide.methobromide having a melting point of 238-240 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

13 Anal.Calcd. for C H BrN O: C, 64.03; H, 7.24; Br, 18.53; N, 6.50. Found: C, 64.41; H, 7.12; Br,"18.31; N, 6.55. 1

EXAMPLE Preparation 0 4-diz'sopr0pylamin0-N-methyI-2,2-diphenylbutyramide and hydrochloride thereof A slurry of 21 grams (0.062 mole) of 4-diisopropylamino-2,2-diphenylbutyramide, 2.6 grams (0.067 mole) of sodium amide, and 200 milliliters of dry toluene was stirred and heated at reflux temperature for two hours. The mixture was cooled with an ice bath, six grams (0.63 mole) of methyl bromide in 100 milliliters of toluene was added dropwise, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for four hours. The mixture was washed with water and extracted with a solution of ten milliliters of concentrated hydrochloric acid in 100 milliliters of water. The acid extract was made alkaline with fifty milliliters of twenty percent sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with benzene. 4-diisopropylamino-N- methyl-2,Z-diphenylbutyramide was obtained as an oil by drying the benzene extract with anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporating the benzene. A slight excess of an ethyl alcohol solution of hydrogen chloride was added to an ethyl acetate solution of the oily free base. Addition of ether precipitated 4 diisopropylamino-N-methyl-2,2- diphenylbutyramide hydrochloride, which after recrystallization from methyl ethyl ketone had a melting point of 202-204 degrees centigrade and the following, analysis.

Anal.-Calcd. for C H ClN O: C, 71.02; H, 8.55; Cl, 9.12; N, 7.20. Found: C, 70.99; H, 8.24; CI, 9.00; N, 7.15. s

EXAMPLE 11 Preparation of N,2-a'imethyl-u,a-diphenyl-l-pyrr0lidonebatyramide and hydrochloride thereof A slurry of 10.2 grams (0.031 mole) of 2-methyl-u,adiphenyl-l-pyrrolidinebutyramide, 1.4 grams (0.036 mole) of sodium amide, and 200 milliliters of dry toluene was stirred and heated at reflux temperature for two hours. After the mixture was cooled with an ice bath, a solution of three grams (0.031 mole) of methyl bromide in l00 milliliters of toluene was gradually added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for about 3.5 hours. The reaction mixture was washed with water and extracted with dilute hydrochloric acid, and the acid extract was made alkaline. The resulting oil was extracted into benzene. The benzene solution was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and the benzene was removed by distillation under reduced pressure, leaving ten grams (96 percent yield) of oily N,2-dimethyl-a,a-diphenyl-l-pyrrolidinebutyramide free base. This was dissolved in ethyl acetate and a slight excess of a hydrogen chloride-ethyl alcohol solution was added. Addition of ether precipitated N,2-dimethyl-x,u-diphenyl l pyrrclidinebutyramide hydrochloride, which after recrystallization from methyl ethyl ketone containing a small amount of ethyl alcohol'had a melting point of 195-198 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Arlal.Calcd. for C H ClN O: C, 70.85; H, 7.84; Cl. 9.51; N, 7.51. Found: C, 70.70; H,.7.6l; Cl, 9.61; N, 7.49.

EXAMPLE 12 Preparation of 4-a'imethyIamino-N,3-dimethyl-2,2-

di-phenylbatyramide and hydrochloride thereof A slurry of 42.8 grams (0.144 mole) of 4-dimethylamino-3-methyl 2,2 diphenylbutyramide (Cheney et al., supra), 6.2 grams (0.159 mole) of sodium amide, and 250 milliliters of dry toluene was stirred and heated under reflux for two hours. The reaction mixture, after cooling with an ice bath and addition of 13.7 grams (0.144 mole) of methyl bromide in 100 milliliters of toluene, was stirred at room temperature for three hours. It was then washed with water and extracted with a solution of 1.4 35 milliliters of concentrated hydrochloric acid in 200 milliliters of water. To the acid extract was added 200 milliliters of 20 percent sodium hydroxide solution, and the precipitated gummy product was extracted with benzene. By drying the extract with anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporating the benzene, 4-dimethylamino- N,3-dimethyl-2,2-diphenylbutyramide free base was obtained as a viscousoil. This oil was dissolved in ethyl acetate and a slight excess of a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl alcohol was added. Upon allowing the mixture to stand overnight in a refrigerator, there were obtained fine white crystals which were recrystallized from ethyl alcohol-ethyl acetate mixture. There was thus obtained thirty grams of 4-dimethy1amino-N,-3- dimethyl-2,2-diphenylbutyramide hydrochloride having a melting point of 248-250 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.-Calcd. for C H CIN O: C, 69.24; H, 7.84; C1, 10.22; N, 8.08. Found: C, 69.66; H, 7.85; Cl, 10.08; N,

EXAMPLE 13 Preparation of 5 -diethylamin0-N -methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide and salts thereof A. ACIDS SULFATE OF 5-DIETHYLAMINO-2,2-DIPHEN- YLVALERIC ACID A solution of 72 milliliters of concentrated sulfuric and 42 milliliters of water was added to 61.3 grams (0.2

mole) of S-diethylamino-Z,2-diphenylvaleronitrile, and the mixture was stirred and heated at 150 degrees centigrade for five hours. The viscous solution was poured onto cracked ice, and the resulting solid was recrystallized from an ether-isopropyl alcohol mixture. There was thus obtained 46 grams (54 percent yield) of the acid sulfate of 5-diethylamino-2,Z-diphenylvaleric acid.

B. U5-DIETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLVALER- AMIDE AND HYDROCHLORIDE THEREOF Thionyl chloride (35 milliliters, 0.48 mole) was added withstirring to a slurry of 22 grams (0.051 mole) of the acid sulfate of 5-diethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleric acid (Part A, this example). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for one-half hour and at about 55 degrees centigrade for fifteen minutes. Benzene and excess thionyl chloride were removed at fifty degrees centigrade under reduced pressure, and the residual acid sulfate of S-diethylamino-2,Z-diphenylvaleryl chloride was dissolved in 100 milliliters of benzene. The solution was cooled with an ice bath while a solution of twelve grams (0.36 mole) of methylamine in 100 milliliters of benzene was gradually added. The mixture was allowed to stand overnight at room temperature, heated under reflux for fifteen minutes, cooled, washed with water, and extracted with a solution of thirty milliliters of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 200 milliliters of water. The acid extract was made alkaline with milliliters of twenty percent sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with benzene. The benzene extract was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure, to obtain 5-diethylamino-N-methyl-Z,2-diphenylvaleramide free base as an oil. This product was dissolved in ethyl acetate and a slight excess of hydrogen chloride-ethyl alcohol solution was added. Crystals were this example) was converted to the corresponding free base by mixing the salt with twenty percent sodium hydroxide solution. The aqueous mixture was extracted with benzene; the benzene extract was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residual gummy S-diethylminof N-inethyI-Z,Z-diphenylvaleramide was dissolved in fifty milliliters of methyl ethyl ketone, forty grams of methyl bromide was added, and the reaction mixture was kept in a stopper-ed flask at room temperature for 48 hours. There was obtained three grams (65 percent yield) of S-diethylamino N methyl 2,2 diphenylvalerami-de methobromide having a melting point of 190-192 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal. Calcd. for C H BrN O: C, 63.73; H, 7.67; 131', 18.44; N, 6.46. Found: C, 63.95; H, 7.59; Br, 17.69; N, 7.06.

7 EXAMPLE 14 An ether solution of 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleranilide (Part A, this example) and an ethyl alcohol solution of hydrogen chloride were mixed to produce 4- dimethylamino 2,2 diphenylvaleranilide hydrochloride, which after recrystallization from an ethyl alcohol-isopropyl alcohol mixture had a melting point of 243-2445 degrees centigrade.

EXAMPLE 15 Preparation of l-4-climethylamin0 N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide and salts thereof A. ACID SULFATE OF Z-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DI- PHENYLVALERIC ACID The acid sulfate of l-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleric acid was prepared according to the procedure of Example 1, Part A, by replacing the raeemic 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenyivaleronitrile employed therein with l- 4-diniethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleronitrile [Pohland et al., I. Am. Chem. Soc. 71, 461 (1949)].

B. ACID SULFATE OF Z-4DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DI- PHENYLVALERYL CHLORIDE The acid sulfate of l-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride was prepared according to the procedure of Example 1, Part B, by replacing the acid sulfate of racemic 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvalerica acid employed therein with the acid sulfate of l-4-dimethylamino- 2,2-diphenylvaleric acid (Part A, this example).

C. Z-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE FREE BASE A solution of twenty grams of methylamine in 100 milliliters of benzene was added dropwise to a stirred slurry of 36 grams of the acid sulfate of l-4-dimethylamino-2,2- diphenylvaleryl chloride (Part B, this example) and 200 milliliters of benzene. The reaction mixture was stirred for two hours at room temperature and then for one-half hour at reflux temperature. The mixture was washed with Water and then extracted with 200 milliliters of ten percent hydrochloric acid, andthe acid extract was made alkaline with 200 mililite'rs of twenty percent sodium hydroxide solution. l-4-dimethylamino-N-methyl 2,2 dipheuylvaleramide precipitated as a solid. This compound, after recrystallization from dilute isopropyl alcohol, Weighed 25.5 grams (94.5 percent yield) and had a melting point of 116-117 degrees centigrade, [111, minus 98 degrees (C 1.4 in methyl alcohol), and the following analysis. I

Anal.'Calcd. for C I-1 N 02 C, 77.38; H, 8.44; N, 9.03. FbundzC, 77.78; H, 8.12; N, 9.06.

,D. l-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL a2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE To a solution of ten grams of l-4-dimethylamino-N- methyl-2,Z-diphenylvaleramide (Part C, this example) in 100 milliliters of ethyl acetate was added a slight excess of a solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl alcohol. Eleven grams (98.5 percent yield) of l-4-dimethylamino- N-methyl-Z,Z-diphenylvaleramide hydrochloride precipitated; melting point 221-223 degrees centigrade, [111 minus 64 degrees (C 0.7 in methyl alcohol). Analysis:

AnaI.Calcd. for C H ClN O: C, 69.24; H, 7.84; Cl, 10.22; N, 8.08. Found: C, 69.49; H, 7.71; Cl, 10.22; N, 7.87.

E. l-'4-,DI1\IETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE METHOBROMIDE Te'n grams of l-4-dimethylamino N methyl 2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part C, this example) was dissolved in 100 milliliters of methyl ethyl ketone, thirty grams of methyl bromide was added to the solution, and the stoppered mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature' for 24 hours. The resulting crystalline product was recovered and dried. There was thus obtained a substantially quantitative yield of l-4-dimethylarnino-Z,2-dipheny1- valeramide methobromide having a melting point of 181- 182 degrees centrigrade, minus 29 degrees (6:10 in methyl alcohol), and the following analysis.

Anal.--Calcd. for C H BrN O: C, 62.22; H, 7.21; Br, 19.71; N, 6.91. Found: C, 62.21; H, 7.56; Br, 19.65; N, 6.43.

EMMPLE 16 Preparation of d-4-dimethylamin0-N-methyl-2,2-

diphenylvaleramide and salts thereof A. ACID SULFATE OF d-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2DI-

PHENYLVALERIC ACID By following the procedure of Example 15, Part A, except for the substitution of d-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleronitrile (Pohland et al., supra) for the l-isomer thereof, there was obtained the acid sulfate of 01-4- dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleric acid.

B. ACID. SULFATE 0F d--DIMETHYLAMINO-2,2-DI- PHENYLVALERYL CHLORIDE By following the procedure of Example 15, Part B, except for the substitution of the acid sulfate of d-4-dimethylaniino-Z,2-diphenylvaleric acid (Part A, this example) for the l-isomer thereof, there was obtained the acid sulfate of d-4-dimethylamino 2,2 diphenylvaleryl chloride.

0. d-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYLQ,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE FREE BASE By following the procedure of Example 15, Part C, except for the substitution of the acid sulfate of d-4-dimethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Part B, this example) for the l-isomer thereof, there was obtained an 89 percent yield of d-4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide having a melting point of 114-116 degrees centigrade and plus 97 degrees (C=0.9 in methyl alcohol).

D. d-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE Byfollowing the procedure of Example 15, Part D. except for the substitution of d-4-dimethylamino-N-methyl- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part C, this example) for the l-isomer thereof, there was obtained d-4-dimethylamino- N methyl-2,2 diphenylvaleramide hydrochloride. This compound had a melting point of 224-225 degrees centigrade, [11],; plus 66 degrees (C: 1.4 in methyl alcohol), and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for Cg HgqClNgOI C, H, Cl, 10.22. Found: C, 69.11; H, 7.63; Cl, 9.94.

E. d-4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYL- VALERAMIDE METHOBROMIDE By following the procedure of Example 15, Part E, except for the substitution of d-4-dimethylamino-N-methyl- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part C, this example) for the l-isomer thereof, there was obtained d-4-dimethylamino- N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide methobromide having a melting point of 184-186 degrees centigrade, [M plus 28 degrees (C=1.3 in methyl alcohol), and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for C H BrN O: C, 62.22; H, 7.21; Br, 19.71; N, 6.91. Found: C, 62.03; H, 6.89; Br, 19.68; N, 6.74.

EXAMPLE 17 Preparation of 4-dimethylamin0-N-(Z-hydroxyethyl)- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide and salts thereof A. 4-DIMETHYLAMINO-N-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-2,2-DI- PHENYLVALERAMIDE METHOBROMIDE To a cooled solution of 161.9 gram (2.65 moles) of ethanolamine in 300 milliliters of benzene was gradually added, with stirring, 109.5 grams (0.265 mole) of the acid sulfate of 4-dimethylamino-2,Z-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Example 1, Part B). Stirring was continued for several hours during which time the temperature of the reaction mixture was allowed to rise toabout 25 degrees centigrade. The mixture stood overnight; water and chloroform were then added. The organic layer was separated, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solution was concentrated to dryness. The residual 4-di; methylarnino N-(2 hydroxyethyl)-2,2 diphenylvaleramide was recrystallized twice from a mixture of cyclohexane and benzene. The purified product weighed 69.4 grams (77 percent yield) and had a melting point of 149.5-151.5 degrees centigrade and the following analysis. Anal.Calcd. for C H N O C, 74.08; H, 8.29; N, 8.23. Found: C, 74.55; H, 8.27; N, 8.17. I B. ei-DIMETHYLAMINO-N- Z-HYDROXYETHYL) -2,2-DI- PI-IENYLVALERAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE To a solution of ten grams (0.0295 mole) of 4-dimethylamino N-(2 hydroxyethyl)-2,2 diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example) in fifty milliliters of ethyl acetate was added a slight excess of an ethyl alcohol solution of hydrogen chloride. A solid precipitated but became oily on standing. By adding ten milliliters of ethyl alcohol to the mixture and heating on a steam bath for ten minutes, there was obtained 8.5 grams of crystalline 4-dl.

methylamino-N-(Z-hydroxyethyl) 2,2 diphenylvaleram ide hydrochloride having a melting point of 198-201 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

AnaL-Calcd. for C H ClN O C, 66.91; H, 7.75;

Cl, 9.41; N, 7.43. Found: C, 66.59; H, 7.74; Cl, 9.38; N, 7.15.

C. 4-DIMEflHYLAMINO-N- Z-HYDROXYETHYL) -2,2-DI PHENYLVALERAMIDE METHOBROMIDE A stoppered reaction mixture consisting of ten grams (0.0295 mole) of 4-dimethylamino-N-(Z-hydroxethyl)- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Part A, this example), "forty grams of methyl bromide, and 100 milliliters of methyl ethyl ketone was allowed to stand at room temperature for 24 hours. The resulting hard solid was separated from the supernatant liquid and then heated on a steam bath for about ten minutes with a mixture of forty milliliters of isopropyl alcohol and fifty milliliters of ethyl acetate. The 4-dimethylamino-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,2 diphenylvaleramide methobromide thus obtained weighed twelve grams (94 percent yield) and had a melting point of 170-171 degrees centigrade and the following analysis.

Anal.Calcd. for CzzHmBl'NgOgl C, H, Br, 18.36; N, 6.44. Found: C, 60.63; H, 7.00; Br, 18.19; N, 640.

EXAMPLE l8 Preparation of 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-Z,Z-diphenylvaleramide N-oxide and salts thereof Ten milliliters of thirty percent hydrogen peroxide was added to a suspension of 12.4 grams (0.04 mole) of 4 dimethylamino-N-methyl-2,2-diphenylvaleramide (Example 3, Part A) in 190 milliliters of methyl alcohol. The reaction mixture was shaken for sixteen hours during which all the solid material went into solution. The solution was allowed to stand at room temperature for four days and then an aqueous slurry of platinum-oncharcoal was added to decompose excess hydrogen peroxide. When oxygen evolution had subsided the mixture was shaken for six hours and then filtered, and the;

EXAMPLE 19 Y Preparation of N,2,2-trimethyl-a-p-chlorophenyl-aphenyl-1-pyrr0lidinebutyramide free base To a slurry of 2.2 grams (0.056 mole) of sodium amide and milliliters of dry toluene contained in a 500-milliliter, three-neck flask equipped with stirrer, reflux condenser, and addition funnel 'was added 1816 grams (0.05 mole) of 2,2-dimethyl-a-p-chlorophenyl-a phenyl 1 pyrrolidinebutyramide. Themixture was stirred and heated at reflux temperature for two hours and then cooled, whereupon a solution of- 5.2 grams (0.055 mole) of methyl bromide in 25 milliliters of toluene was added and stirring was continued for one hour. The mixture was allowed to stand overnight and then a solution of thirty milliliters of concentrated hydro chloric acid in 100 milliliters of water was added." The aqubus phase was washed with ether and made alkaj l1ne with milliliters of twenty percent-sodium hy droxlde solution. The resulting oil wa's extracted into" benzene and the benzene solution was washed withsaturated sodiumchloride solution and then-with water,

dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the benzene Was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The residual viscous oil was crystallized from pentane. The resulting solid was recrystallized from Skellysolve B to obtain five grams (26 percent yield)v of N,2,2-trimethyl a p-chlorophenyl-a-phenyl-l-pyrrolidine butyramide having'a melting point of 121-123 degrees centigrade.

Anal.-Calcd. for C H ClN O: C, 71.76; H, 7.59; CI, 9.21; N, 7.28. Found: C, 71.57; H, 7.68; CI, 9.09; N, 7.51.

EXAMPLE 20 Preparation of 4-a'imethylamino-N-(2-pyrr0lia'inoethyl)- 2,2-diphenylvaleramide and dihydrochloride thereof Seventy grams (0.662 mole) of 2-pyrrolidinoethylamine in 200 milliliters of benzene was added gradually,

with cooling, to 82.8 grams (0.2 mole) of the acid sulfate of 4-dirnethylamino-2,2-diphenylvaleryl chloride (Example 1, Part B) in 200 milliliters of benzene in a two- The crystalline residue liter, three-necked flask equipped with stirrer, reflux condenser-, an'd dropping funnel. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for six hours and-at reflux temperatur for one-half hour, after which it was washed with water and extracted with a solution of fifty milliliters of concentrated hydrochloric acid in 20S milliliters of water. The acid extract was made alkaline with 200 milliliters of twenty percent sodium hydroxide solution. The resulting oil was extracted into benzene. This solution was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the benzene was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. 4-- dimethylamino-N-(Z-pyrrolidinoethyl)-2,2-diphenylvaleramide free base was thus obtained as an oil. This oil was dissolved in ethyl acetate, and to the solution was aded sufiicient of an ethyl alcohol-hydrogen chloride solution to form the dihydrochioride. Addition of ether caused precipitation of a gummy solid. By recrystallizing this solid from an alcohol-ether mixture, 4-dirnethylarnino-N-(Z-pyrrolidinoethyl)-2,2-diphenylvaleramide dihydrochloride was obtained as a hygroscopic solid, melting point 133-136 degrees centigrade.

It will be understood that the compounds of this inveniton include racemic forms, as in Examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ll, l2, 14, 17, l8, l9, and 20, and optically active forms, as in Examples 15 and 16.

It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the exact details of operation or exact compounds shown and described, as obvious modifications and equivalents will be apparent to one skilled in the art, and the invention is therefore to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

We claim: 1. A compound having the formula:

it /C--NHR Q l\ R1 CnHtn-Y wherein C H is an alkylene group containing up to 6 carbon atoms, R is a radical containing up to 8 carbon atoms selected from the class consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms in the ring, methylcyclopentyl, dimethylcyclohexyl, aralkyl, phenyl, chloro-substituted phenyl, bromo-substituted phenyl, iodosubstituted phenyl, methyl-substituted phenyl, 2- rydroxyethyl, 2-pyrrolidinoethyl, R is a radical containing up to 8 carbon atoms selected from the class consisting of phenyl, chloro-substituted phenyl, bronze-substituted phenyl, and iodo-substituted phenyl, and Y is selected from the class consisting of di-lower-alkylamino, pyrrolidino, morpholino, piperidino, Z-methylmorpholino, 2,2-dimethylpyrrolidino and 4-methylpiperidino.

2. A compound having the formula:

2% wherein R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing up to 8 carbon atoms and selected from the group consisting of'alkyl and alkenyl, R is an alkyl group containingup -'to 4 carbon atoms, and R are alkyl radicals 1 containing up to' 8 carbon atoms which together with the tertiary nitrogen atom to which they are attached constitute a member selected from the group consistlng of di-lower-alkylamino, pyrrolidino, morpholrnc, piperidmo,

' Z-methylmorpholino, 2,2-dimethylpyrrolidino and 4-rnethylpiperidino.

3. A compound of the formula:

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FOREIGN PATENTS 504,035 Belgium July 14, 1951 606,349 Germany Nov. 30, 1934 OTHER REFERENCES four. Pharmacol. and Exp. Therap., vol. 98, 1950, page 14.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTION Patent No. 3,022,314 February 20 1962 Brooke D. Aspergren et a1.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below Column 2, PROCESS B, between lines 36 and 40, second structural formula on the righthand side should appear as shown below instead of as in the patent:

column 8, line 36, for "CgoflgqClNgz" read C2OH2'IC1N20;

lines 45 and 46, after "-diphenylvaleramide" insert methobromide,-; column 10, line l4 for "(0.5 mole)" read (0.05 mole) column 11, line 45, for "H, 8.80" read H, 8,08 column 13, lines 35 and 36 for "pyrrolidone butyramide" in italics, read pyrrolidinebutyramide in italics; column 17, line 2'1, for "METHOBROMIDE" read FREE BASE column l8 line 5 for "N, 640" read Signed and sealed this 26th day of June 1962.

(SEAL) Attest:

ERNEST W. SWIDER DAVID L. LADD Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents 

1. A COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA: 